Alzheimer's Disease Thought to be Accelerated by an Abnormal Build-up of Fat in the Brain (IMAGE)

University of Montreal

Alzheimer's Disease Thought to be Accelerated by an Abnormal Build-up of Fat in the Brain

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People with Alzheimer's disease have fat deposits in the brain. For the first time since the disease was described 109 years ago, researchers affiliated with the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have discovered accumulations of fat droplets in the brain of patients who died from the disease and have identified the nature of the fat.

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Meritxell Garcia, <a target="_blank"href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">CC by-nc-nd</a>, <a target="_blank"href="https://flic.kr/p/9JF95e">https://flic.kr/p/9JF95e</a>

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